diff --git a/build/travis-utils.sh b/build/travis-utils.sh
index 6bcd28a572..477c142194 100644
--- a/build/travis-utils.sh
+++ b/build/travis-utils.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ function is_travis_push_env() {
 # If the tag matches the source version then we can assume this is build is
 # for a release.
 function is_travis_release_env() {
-  if [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" = "$(make version)" ]; then
+  version="$(make version)"
+  echo "TRAVIS_TAG=$TRAVIS_TAG"
+  echo "VERSION=$version"
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" = $version ]; then
     return 0
   fi
   return 1